abstract air-dried leaves of bauhinia ungulata l. were submitted to volatile oil isolation by hydrodistillation to produce an oil in 0.007% yield. the oil obtained was examined by gas chromatography (gc-fid) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (gc/ms). thirteen compounds comprising 95.9% of the total peak area were identified. the main constituents identified were spathulenol (47.7%) and caryophyllene oxide (18.3%).